A total of six teams participated in Honolulu’s first civic hackathon this past weekend, each developing anapplication that takes advantage of public data made available online by the city. The top three teams won cash prizes provided by the hackathon’s sponsors, and two of them focused on TheBus and its web services API (or application programming interface). [...]
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New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon
January 24th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Government, Technology, The Web
Gov. Abercrombie on Open Data
January 24th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Government, Politics, Technology, The Web
Gov. Neil Abercrombie yesterday delivered his second “State of the State” address before the Legislature. And technology was one of the priorities he singled out as key to the state’s long-term future. He mentioned the Hawaii Broadband Initiative, consolidation of disparate state systems under the Office of Information Management and Technology, and major renewable energy and [...]
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On to the Hackathon, Maps at the Ready
January 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Events, Government, Hawaii, Technology, The Web
This year is looking to be a big year in open data, e-democracy, and Gov 2.0. More information is coming online, and more people are thinking of ways to use it. Among the most interesting areas is in mapping and location-based applications.
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CityCamp Honolulu Advances Open Government Vision
December 5th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Government, Technology, The Web
Nearly 150 people — including both city and state government officials and employees, as well as local programmers, designers, artists, and activists — were drawn to CityCamp Honolulu on Saturday. Even though it was the weekend, and even though there was a UH home game on the calendar, it was heartening to see so many people willing [...]
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Island Middle School Students Shine in D.C.
October 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Science, Technology, The Web
Two middle school students from Kailua and Hilo represented the Aloha State in a national science competition earlier this week. Winners and finalists in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade from across the country attended at a black-tie gala at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C on Tuesday. Robert Heckman, a 14-year-old Kailua Intermediate [...]
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PLAYHawaii Acquired by CrowdSavings
October 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Business, The Web
One down, still a few dozen more to go. Once described as the first group buying site in Hawaii, PLAYHawaii has been acquired by Florida-based CrowdSavings. “Even though Crowdsavings is one of the leading group buying sites on the mainland, they are committed to our hyper-local focus to help support local businesses and introduce them [...]
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Simple Honey Travel Startup Team in Town
August 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Events, Technology, The Web, Travel
Honolulu-born web entrepreneur Eric Nakagawa is back in town, laying the groundwork for his next internet startup with partner Joyce Kim. Called “Simple Honey,” there are few details on what exactly what the company will do, although Nakagawa has described it as a “high profile travel project.” The “About” page tagline reads, “Making it simple to find what [...]
On to Comic-Con!
July 19th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Events, Pop Culture, The Web, Travel
It’s that time of year again, when over 130,000 geeks, nerds, collectors, artists, fanboys and fangirls of all stripes converge on San Diego for “The Nerd Prom.” And, once again, I’ll be making the pilgrimage to immerse myself in the beautiful chaos of Comic-Con. This will be my fourth trip to this massive pop culture convention, [...]
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Hawaii Drupal Users to Talk Shop on Thursday
July 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Hawaii, Technology, The Web
The first ever conference devoted to the open source Drupal content management system is coming this Thursday. Drupal Camp Hawaii is taking place at ING Direct in Waikiki, and will bring together both beginners and experienced Drupal developers to explore the full potential of the platform. While WordPress gets a lot of love as an [...]
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Google Street View Team Back in Honolulu [Updated]
June 29th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Hawaii, Technology, The Web
Google Street View is going off-road in Hawaii. Or, at least, on college campuses on O’ahu. My friend and radio co-host Burt Lum snapped the above photo this morning on the Kapiolani Community College campus, where the Google Street View Trike is now riding through all of the school’s walking paths and quads. Meanwhile, a [...]
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